Fence



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Pence.

No. 242,190. Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH- DU BOIS, WAVERLY, NEW YORK.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,190, dated May 31, 1881.

' Application filed February 12, 188i. (No model.)

the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a fence which can be readily transported from place to place in sections and located at any desired point without necessitating the digging of post-holes; also, to construct and connect the several sections of afence in such manner.

that the fence will adapt itself to inequalities of the ground without the aid of post-holes; also, to construct a fence with certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a fence constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the fence, a portion of the box or trough at the base of the posts being broken away in order to expose its contents. Fig. 3 is a section of the fence having vertical slats in place of the horizontal rails shown in Fig. 1. Fig. etis a side view of a portion of one of the sections of the fence, and Fig, 5 represents one of the fence-posts detached.

In constructing my improved fence I form the same of a series of sections, each section being composed of a suitable number of horizontal rails held parallel with each other by means of the battens A A. B, of the said section terminate at the end battens, A', while the upper rails, B, of the sec-.

The lower rails,

and filled with stones, will maintain the fence in an upright position. These boxes are made of an oblong shape and arranged with their longest sides at right angles to the fence, so as to form an extended base at each side thereof, thereby avoiding all danger of the fence being blown or pushed over. The capacity of each box for receiving stones or rocks will necessarily be determined by the height and weight of the fence and the weight of stone requisite for anchoring or holding the same up in a vertical position.

In order to adapt the fence to inequalities of the ground, I secure within each box a pair of vertical standards, E E, between which are pivoted, side by side, the posts at the adjacent ends of two sections of thefence. The pivot of these posts consists of a bolt, F, passing through the posts and standards and provided with a nut, 6, upon its screw-threaded end. By making the lower rails of the fence shorter than the upper rails, as before stated, the latter will extend over these boxes and the posts be brought up in close proximity to the boxes, thus preventing any gap in the fence either at the sides of the boxes or above the same when the fence is placed upon uneven ground, as illustrated in Fig. 1', in which the fence-sections thus jointed together are shown arranged upon ground of such character.

By employing bolts for the purpose of connecting together the several sections of the fence it will be seen that the disconnected sections can be'readily transported to any desired locality and then set up and joined together to form a complete fence.

Thelower ends of thefence-posts do not touch the bottoms of the boxes, whereby they will not be liable to become rotted by water which may accumulate therein, and, as a further pro tection against the effects ofmoisture, the lower 'ends of the posts can be coated with coal-tar or other substance suitable for preventing the wood from rotting. The boxes will also have holes to draw off the water therefrom, or their bottoms can be slatted and they can likewise be coated with paint or coal-tar.

preventing any contiguous surfaces of the wood from touchin Either the washers G or the staples H, which are shown in Fig. 5 as attached to one of the posts, can be employed for such purpose, the washers being preferably used in connection with the bolts. By this means the posts and battens do not touch the rails, being separated therefrom by either the washers or staples, the posts do not come in contact with each other or with the standards, and by employing the aforesaid devices the standards will not touch the boxes, in which theyare secured by bolts, nails, or screws. By thus separating the several parts of the fence air will circulate between the same, thereby keeping their opposing surfaces dry and free from decay.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the upper long rails are connected by short battens and by the posts, and the lower short rails are connected together by short battens, the two parts of the section thus formed being joined together by bolts 1 I.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 slats or vertical pickets are substituted for the horizontal rails and the fence-section composed of two parts, the upper one of which is longer than the lower part, and the two connected by means of bolts. The upper partof this fence section consists of two horizontal rails, vertical slats, and posts, and the lower part consists of two horizontal rails with short vertical slats. The posts of sections constructed as shown in these modifications will be pivoted between standards of the boxes bymeans of bolts in the same way as illustrated in Fig. 1.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A fence-section composed of upper long rails and lower short rails with vertical battens, and end posts secured to the ends of the upper long rails, substantially as described.

2. A fence composed ot'sections having their posts pivoted between standards secured in rectangular boxes arranged at right angles with the fence and adapted to be filled with stones, in order to anchor the fence upon the ground, substantially as described.

3. A fence composed of sections having their posts pivoted between standards secured in boxes adapted to receive stones or other weighty articles, each of said sections being composed of an upper long and a lower short part, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH DU BOIS.

Witnesses:

UIIAs. CARROLL, H. M. FERGUSON. 

